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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Pearson has released an update to their Pearson LearningStudio Courses app and it is ready for download and use on the campus of A&M-Commerce. Once you download the app, search
for Texas A&M University-Commerce. You will then be asked to login using your myLeo credentials. More information regarding the app and its limitations are below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><img width="94" height="97" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CFF43C.AE1E2520" alt="Title: Pearson Learning Stuio Courses app icon - Description: Pearson Learning Stuio Courses app icon"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Pearson LearningStudio (eCollege) Courses App for iPad Only<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">App title: Pearson LearningStudio Courses <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Supported device and operating system: iPad iOS7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">App URL: </span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/app/pearson-learningstudio-courses/id628667816?ign-mpt=uo%3D5"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">https://itunes.apple.com/app/pearson-learningstudio-courses/id628667816?ign-mpt=uo%3D5</span></a><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">About the App</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">The Courses app is currently available on iPad devices free of charge.
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">The Courses iPad App contains the majority of features/functionality for the student LearningStudio (eCollege) experience.
Instructors can also use it but <u>will not</u> have Instructor-specific functionality.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Some features and content types currently available in the LearningStudio web experience are not supported in Courses
app (see Limitations).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">The Courses iPad app will be available to iPad users for free in the Apple App Store. Upon entering the app, users will
be asked to search for their school. If their school has registered for Courses, the school will show up, allowing the users to sign in. Students and Instructors will sign in using their myLeo credentials.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">The app can be used in either landscape or portrait orientations. It works on second generation iPads and later and
is compatible with iOS 7.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a name="Limitati"></a><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Limitations</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Does not yet support the following course tools: Email, Collaborations, Chat, Quizzes/Exams, Journal, Webliography, Share, ClassLivePro.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Profiles: Cannot edit profiles, but can upload profile photo.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Does not support third-party tool integration (including LTI).<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Instructors cannot grade or view submissions.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Disabled Tools (Doc Sharing) show in the app, even if disabled on the web.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">If Social Course Home or Profiles has been disabled on the web, it will still show in the iPad App. Users will be able to upload profile photos.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo7"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Course Home will show twice for courses that have Social Course Home on the web. Submissions & Gradebook will also show twice in the course menu.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Please send your feedback or questions to </span><a href="mailto:lsipadfeedback@ecollege.com"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">lsipadfeedback@ecollege.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
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